Patents by Inventor Tazio Pinelli

Tazio Pinelli has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fixed refractor of asymmetrical profile ideal for concentrating solar energy on a suitable collecting surface
    Patent number: 4530576
    Abstract: There is provided a stationary optical longitudinal refractor for concentrating solar radiation which comprises at least two dioptric elements having different focal points such that the refractor is capable of concentrating solar energy striking it onto an absorber of a subtially smaller area than the exposed area of said refractor, with a concentration ratio equal to or greater than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: Societa' Italiana Vetro - SIV - S.p.A.
    Inventors: Tazio Pinelli, Francesco Sebastiano
  • Prismatic refractor for concentrating solar energy on a suitable collecting surface, of fixed position with respect to time
    Patent number: 4514040
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixed refractor of transparent material consisting of various afocal adjacent straight prismatic elements of specific dimensions which are asymmetrically arranged about an axis parallel to the length of said prisms, to obtain a solar energy concentrating power equal to or greater than 2.6 for a substantial portion of the day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Societa' Italiana Vetro-Siv-S.p.A.
    Inventors: Tazio Pinelli, Francesco Sebastiano